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…Letters Be On Guard Sanctioning Iran is like beating a masoch- ist ("Sanctioning Iran': July 5, page 23). The Koran (2:191) says that "persecution is worse than slaughter." The mullahs run- ning Iran will view sanctions as validation of their hate mongering. An expectation that the common people will overthrow the fanatic regime in Iran may be wishful thinking in that there is a lack of precedents for such actions. Islamic regimes are ruthles...…

















































